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19-letter words containing l, u, s, t, r

  • crystallized fruits — fruits that are covered in sugar which is melted and then allowed to harden
  • culler-fried system — A system for interactive mathematics.
  • cult of personality — a cult promoting adulation of a living national leader or public figure, as one encouraged by Stalin to extend his power.
  • cultivated mushroom — an edible mushroom (Agaricus bisporus) with a pale cap and stalk: the most common food mushroom
  • cultural relativism — a concept that cultural norms and values derive their meaning within a specific social context. Also called cultural relativism. Compare ethnocentrism (def 2).
  • cultural-relativism — a concept that cultural norms and values derive their meaning within a specific social context. Also called cultural relativism. Compare ethnocentrism (def 2).
  • current liabilities — business liabilities maturing within a year
  • customs declaration — a form declaring the nature and value of goods, etc, for customs purposes
  • customs regulations — the regulations relating to customs in a particular country
  • deindustrialisation — Alternative spelling of deindustrialization.
  • deindustrialization — the decline in importance of manufacturing industry in the economy of a nation or area
  • educational adviser — a person who provides advice and training to teachers about teaching methods and educational policies
  • elastomeric closure — An elastomeric closure is a component that closes a piece of packaging. An elastomeric closure is made from a material that is able to resume its original shape when it is removed from the packaging and may be in direct contact with the drug enclosed in the pack.
  • electroluminescence — Luminescence produced electrically, especially in a phosphor by the application of a voltage.
  • electrostatic units — the system of CGS electric and magnetic units that assigns the value of one to the dielectric constant of a vacuum
  • electrotherapeutics — (medicine) the use of electricity in therapeutics.
  • equal opportunities — Equal opportunities refers to the policy of giving everyone the same opportunities for employment, pay and promotion, without discriminating against particular groups.
  • evaluation strategy — reduction strategy
  • fault tree analysis — (programming)   A form of safety analysis that assesses hardware safety to provide failure statistics and sensitivity analyses that indicate the possible effect of critical failures.
  • feel strongly about — to have decided opinions concerning
  • fellow-servant rule — the common-law rule that the employer is not liable to an employee for injuries resulting from the negligence of a fellow employee.
  • finger on the pulse — If you have your finger on the pulse of something, you know all the latest opinions or developments concerning it.
  • first person plural — a grammatical category of pronouns and verbs used by the speaker to refer to or talk about himself together with others
  • flannelmouth sucker — a sucker, Catostomus latipinnis, of the Colorado River and its tributaries.
  • floating restaurant — a boat or ship that has been converted for use as a restaurant
  • fluoride toothpaste — toothpaste containing a small amount of fluoride as protection against tooth decay
  • focal plane shutter — an opaque shield in a camera, lying in the focal plane of the lens, that, when tripped, admits light to expose the film or plate for a predetermined period, usually a fraction of a second
  • focal-plane shutter — a camera shutter situated directly in front of the film.
  • fraternal insurance — insurance underwritten by a fraternal society, under either a legal reserve plan or an assessment plan.
  • gastrocolic omentum — the peritoneal fold attached to the stomach and the colon and hanging over the small intestine.
  • general linguistics — the study of the characteristics of language in general rather than of a particular language; theoretical, rather than applied, linguistics.
  • glorious revolution — the events of 1688–89 in England that resulted in the ousting of James II and the establishment of William III and Mary II as joint monarchs
  • gloucester old spot — a hardy rare breed of pig, white with a few black markings, that originally lived off windfalls in orchards in the Severn valley
  • greenhouse whitefly — See under whitefly.
  • handlebar moustache — a man's moustache having long, curved ends that resemble the handlebars of a bicycle.
  • haul over the coals — a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel. Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
  • haute vulgarisation — vulgarization, or popularization, on a higher level, esp. as done by academics, scholars, etc.
  • house of ill repute — a house of prostitution; whorehouse; brothel.
  • hypersuggestibility — subject to or easily influenced by suggestion.
  • in particular terms — If you say something in particular terms, you say it using a particular type or level of language or using language which clearly shows your attitude.
  • industrial accident — an accident that happens to an employee of an industrial company during the course of their work
  • industrial capacity — the amount of resources (workforce, factories, etc) present in a place that will enable an industry or industries to produce goods
  • industrial medicine — the study and practice of the health care of employees of large organizations, including measures to prevent accidents, industrial diseases, and stress in the workforce and to monitor the health of executives
  • industrial tribunal — (in Northern Ireland and formerly elsewhere in the UK) a tribunal that rules on disputes between employers and employees regarding unfair dismissal, redundancy, etc
  • industrial-strength — unusually strong, potent, or the like: heavy-duty: an industrial-strength soap.
  • installed user base — user base
  • instrumentalisation — (philosophy) The treatment of an idea as an instrument that functions as a guide to action.
  • instrumentalization — Alternative spelling of instrumentalisation.
  • insulating material — anything that is used as insulation
  • inter-institutional — of, relating to, or established by institution.
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